Life of Christ, manuscript in seven-lined stanzas written 1548-1554 by Robert Parkyn, curate of Adwick-le-Street, Yorks.
Life of Christ, manuscript in seven-lined stanzas written 1548-54 by Robert Parkyn, curate of Adwick-le-Street, Yorks. See BLR, 3 (1950-1951), 34-40, and 4 (1952-1953), 67-76. Verse in Crum.
Dates
- Creation: 1548-1554
Extent
193 Leaves
Language of Materials
- English
Preferred Citation
Oxford, Bodleian Libraries [followed by shelfmark and folio or page reference, e.g. MS. Eng. poet. e. 59, fols. 1-2].
Shelfmark:
MS. Eng. poet. e. 59
Collection ID (for staff)
CMD ID 7503
Abstract
Life of Christ, manuscript in seven-lined stanzas written 1548-54 by Robert Parkyn, curate of Adwick-le-Street, Yorks.
Biographical / Historical
Robert Parkyn (d. 1569) was a Church of England clergyman and writer.
Other Finding Aids
M. Clapinson and T. Rogers, Summary Catalogue of Post-Medieval Western Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library Oxford. Acquisitions 1916-1975. (Oxford, 1991). Vol. 2, no. 46480.
Custodial History
Inscribed with several signatures: 'Edmond Howson's booke'; Edward Cooke, 1633; John Rhodes; John Hall, 1695; given by Hall to Ralph Thoresby (fol. 1); see R. Thoresby, Ducatus Leodiensis (London, 1715), p. 531, no. 114; owned by Richard Heber; R. H. Evans, 10 Feb. 1836 (Bibliotheca Heberiana), lot 936; Thomas Thorpe, 1836 catalogue, item 1353; Phillipps MS. 9317; Sotheby's, 21 March 1895, lot 756; owned by Sir Leicester Harmsworth.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Bought, Sotheby's, 19 Dec. 1949, lot 212.
Physical Facet
19th-cent. calf
Topical
- Title
- Life of Christ, manuscript in seven-lined stanzas written 1548-54 by Robert Parkyn, curate of Adwick-le-Street, Yorks.
- Status
- Published
- Date
- EAD version 2019 by Pauline Soum-Paris
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
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